''The Four Musketeers'' (german: Die vier Musketiere) is a 1934 German

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by

Heinz Paul Heinz Paul (13 August 1893 – 14 March 1983) was a German screenwriter, film producer and director. He was married to the actress Hella Moja. Selected filmography Director * ''The Street of Forgetting'' (1923) * ''The Dice Game of Life'' (1925) ...

and starring

Fritz Kampers Fritz Kampers (14 July 1891 – 1 September 1950) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 250 films between 1913 and 1950. Early life Fritz Kampers was the son of a Munich hotel owner, spent his early childhood in Garmisch-Partenk ...

Paul Westermeier Paul Westermeier (9 July 1892 – 17 October 1972) was a German film actor. Selected filmography * '' Wedding in the Eccentric Club'' (1917) * '' Agnes Arnau and Her Three Suitors'' (1918) * '' About the Son'' (1921) * '' Memoirs of a Film Act ...

and Erhard Siedel.Waldman p. 86 It was shot at the

Terra Studios The Terra Studios or Marienfelde Studios were film studios located in the Berlin suburb of Marienfelde. The studios were originally a glasshouse constructed in 1913 by the early company Eiko Film, controlled by the producer Franz Vogel who ha ...

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and List of cities in Germany by population, largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European Union by population within ci ...

. The film's art direction was by

Robert A. Dietrich Robert A. Dietrich (28 March 1889 – 8 September 1947) was a German art director.Scheunemann p.277 He designed the sets for more than a hundred films during his career. Selected filmography * '' The Student of Prague'' (1913) * '' The Path of De ...

Synopsis

Four comrades of the

First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

meet up many years later and discover they have very different views on the political future of Germany.

Cast

as Musketier Schlumberger aus Bayern *

as Musketier Stempel aus Berlin * Erhard Siedel as Musketier Krause aus Sachsen *

Hans Brausewetter Hans Brausewetter (27 May 1899 – 29 April 1945) was a German stage and film actor of the silent era. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1922 and 1945. He appeared in the 1923 film '' The Treasure'', which was directed by Georg Wil ...

as Musketier Gisevius aus Hamburg *

Hermann Speelmans Hermann Speelmans (14 August 1906 – 9 February 1960) was a German stage and film actor.Capua p. 120 Selected filmography * '' Her Dark Secret'' (1929) - Emil * ''Diana'' (1930) * ''There Is a Woman Who Never Forgets You'' (1930) * ''Danton'' ...

as Gefreiter Eberle *

Werner Schott Werner Schott (20 November 1891, in Berlin – 6 September 1965) was a German actor. Selected filmography * ''Gefesselt'' (1920) - Allan * ''Das vierte Gebot'' (1920) - Weltpriester Eduard * ''Wie Satan starb'' (1920) * ''Golgatha'' (1920) - Jos ...

as Hauptmann der Kompanie *

Fritz Odemar Fritz Odemar (13 January 1890 – 6 June 1955) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 150 films between 1927 and 1955. He was born in Hannover, Germany and died in Munich, Germany. Odemar's father was the actor Fritz Odemar Sr. (K ...

as Ortskommandant *

Friedrich Ettel Friedrich Ettel (8 June 1890 – 12 March 1941) was a Swiss film actor. Ettel was born in Zurich and died at the age of 50 in Berlin, Germany. Selected filmography * ''Ludwig II, King of Bavaria'' (1929) * '' Two People'' (1930) * '' Louise, Qu ...

as Feldwebel Hülsebeck *

Liselotte Schaak Liselotte Schaak (born 27 October 1908, date of death unknown) was a German actress, who appeared in more than thirty films during the Weimar and Nazi eras. She starred in the 1930 film ''Sabotage''.Hodges p.217 Selected filmography * '' Rivals f ...

as Hildegard Gievius *

Agnes Straub Agnes Josephine Straub (2 April 1890 – 8 July 1941) was a German film actress. Biography Agnes Josephine Straub was born on 2 April 1890 in Munich. She made her stage debut in Dachau at the age of 13. She began attending acting lessons and, i ...

as Frau Schlumberger * Martha Ziegler as Fräulein Meyer *

Carsta Löck Carsta Löck (28 December 1902 – 9 October 1993) was a German film actress. Selected filmography * '' Refugees'' (1933) * '' Ripening Youth'' (1933) * '' The Double Fiance'' (1934) * '' Trouble with Jolanthe'' (1934) * '' Police Report'' (19 ...

as Minna *

Arthur Reinhardt Arthur Reinhardt (17 April 1893 – 16 December 1973) was a German actor.Kay Weniger Kay Weniger (born in Berlin in 1966) is an Austrian writer of books on media issues. He published an eight-volume encyclopaedia on international film people ...

as Kompanie-Feldwebel *

Gustav Püttjer Gustav Püttjer (15 May 1886 – 11 August 1959) was a German film actor who appeared in around 150 feature films between 1927 and 1959. He largely played character parts. After the Second World War he settled in East Germany appearing in the fil ...

as Kommandantur-Ordonanz *

Hans Albin Hans Albin (27 July 1905 – 5 September 1988) was a German actor, film producer and film director.Goble p.9 Selected filmography * '' Homecoming to Happiness'' (1933) * ''Three Bluejackets and a Blonde'' (1933) * '' The Champion of Pontresina ' ...

as Ein Leutnant *

Ernst Behmer Ernst Behmer (22 December 1875 – 26 February 1938) was a prolific German stage and film actor who appeared in more than a hundred films during the silent and early sound eras. Behmer was born in Königsberg, East-Prussia, Germany (now Kalin ...

as Ein Hotelportier * Renée Burzat as Eine Französin * Peter Erkelenz as Divisionsadjutant *

Käthe Haack Käthe Haack (born Käte Lisbeth Minna Sophie Isolde Haack; 11 August 1897 – 5 May 1986) was a German stage and film actress. She appeared in more than 200 films and 30 television productions between 1915 and 1985. Life and career Käte Li ...

as Frau Krause *

Willy Mendau Willy or Willie is a masculine, male given name, often a diminutive form of William or Wilhelm, and occasionally a nickname. It may refer to: People Given name or nickname * Willie Aames (born 1960), American actor, television director, and scree ...

as Ordonanzoffizier Schmidt *

Leo Peukert Leonhard "Leo" Peukert (26 August 1885 – 6 January 1944) was a prolific German film actor and film director, appearing in more than a hundred and fifty productions between 1910 and his death in 1944. While occasionally he played a leading role i ...

as Proviantamts-Inspektor

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* 1934 films 1934 drama films German drama films 1930s German-language films Films directed by Heinz Paul Films of Nazi Germany Terra Film films German black-and-white films 1930s German films Films shot at Terra Studios {{1930s-Germany-film-stub